Some of his flight problems may be from the release/string combination that he's trying. Put a second nock set about an inch below the one on the string right now. The arrow still goes under the top nock set, while the release grabs the string under the lower nock set. This should eliminate any torque issues. If you check in the newest issue of Trad Archers World magazine,there's an article on how I set up to use a release. I have no problems shooting off the shelf this way. So to actually answer your question, "No, he doesn't have to give up his trad equipment". (Especially if it's as important to him as it is to the rest of us here. Good luck.)